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Planet X

Planet X

by Michael Jan Friedman

FictionMutation (Biology)Human-alien encountersJean Luc Picard (Fictitious character)Space flight
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"On the planet Xhaldia, ordinary men and women are mutating into bizarre creatures with extraordinary powers. But is this a momentous evolutionary leap or an unparalleled catastrophe? The very fabric of Xhaldian society is threatened as fear and prejudice divide the transformed from their own kin. Dispatched to cope with the growing crisis, Captain Picard and the crew of the Starship Enterprise receive some unexpected visitors from another reality, in the form of a group of mutant heroes known as the uncanny X-Men. Storm, leader of the team, offers her help in resolving a situation that is agonizingly similar to the human/mutant conflicts of their own time and space. But when hostile aliens appear in orbit around Xhaldia to try and abduct the transformed for use as superpowered weapons in an attack on the Federation, even the combined forces of the crew of Starfleet and the X-Men may be unable to prevent an inferno of death and destruction. Starfleet's finest crew and Earth's greatest mutant heroes will need all their powers and abilities to save the Xhaldia people and stop a deadly threat to the Federation."--Page 4 of cover.

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FictionMutation (Biology)Human-alien encountersJean Luc Picard (Fictitious character)Space flightX-Men (Fictitious characters)

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About the author

Michael Jan Friedman
Michael Jan Friedman

7 March 1955

Michael Jan Friedman (born March 7, 1955) is a New York City born American author of nearly sixty books of fiction and nonfiction, more than half of which are in licensed tie-in products of the Star Trek franchise. Ten of his titles have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list. Friedman has also written for network and cable television, radio, more than 150 comic books, most of them for DC Comics.

Author

Michael Jan Friedman

Pages

265

Read time

≈ 7h

Editions

5

Language

English

Publisher

Pocket Books/Star Trek

ISBN

9781471108181

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